Borussia Dortmund used home field as an advantage to pull itself out of the Bundesliga basement, while Bayern Munich continued its winning ways and several teams kept Germany’s top-flight a high-scoring league on Friday and Saturday.
USMNT fans will have to wait until Sunday to see if Julian Green and/or Timmy Chandler can star, though two other American internationals were involved in our first showdown of the the wrap.
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Let’s get to the matches:
Bor
ussia Dortmund 1-0 Hoffenheim
Ilkay Gundogan’s 17th minute goal lifted BVB off the bottom of the Bundesliga, as Dortmund leapt five places up the table with Friday’s much-needed home win against Hoffenheim. It was Gundogan’s first goal of the season in just his fifth appearance.
Bayern Munich 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Franck Ribery’s 51st minute goal gave Bayern the edge after a first-half found the visitors making a play for the points.
Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 Hertha Berlin
A thriller at Borussia Park saw two American internationals on opposite ends of the pitch. Fabian Johnson came on as an 86th minute sub for the hosts, who led 3-1 at that point on goals from Tony Jantschke, Raffael and Thorgan Hazard. John Anthony Brooks was on the field for 90 minutes, but that also means he was on for a trio of goals.
Elsewhere
Stuttgart 0-4 Schalke — Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting nets hat trick including 1st minute goal.
FC Koln 1-2 Augsburg — Visitors erase early deficit to move into a surprising third.
Paderborn 1-1 Freiburg — Elias Kachunga saves a point for Freiburg at the death.
Hannover 1-3 Wolfsburg — Visitors with a five-point cushion on third place, 7 back of Bayern.
Hamburger SV vs. Mainz — 930am ET Sunday
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Werder Bremen — 1130am ET Sunday
STANDINGS
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Bayern Munich | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 8-0-0 | 3-3-0 | 36 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 6-1-0 | 3-1-3 | 29 |
| FC Augsburg | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5-0-1 | 3-0-5 | 24 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4-3-0 | 2-2-3 | 23 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5-2-0 | 2-0-5 | 23 |
| Mönchen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4-3-1 | 2-2-2 | 23 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 4-2-1 | 1-3-3 | 20 |
| Hannover 96 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 4-0-3 | 2-1-4 | 19 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 3-1-3 | 2-2-2 | 18 |
| SC Paderborn | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 3-4-1 | 1-1-4 | 17 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 2-3-1 | 1-4-2 | 16 |
| 1. FC Köln | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 1-2-4 | 3-1-3 | 15 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 3-1-3 | 1-1-5 | 14 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 3-1-3 | 1-1-5 | 14 |
| SC Freiburg | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 1-3-2 | 1-4-3 | 13 |
| Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 2-2-2 | 1-2-4 | 13 |
| Hamburger SV | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 2-2-2 | 1-1-5 | 12 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 1-1-5 | 2-2-3 | 12 |
